Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

"Getting away from it all," many people want that, and of course ultimately the only way to get away from it all is to go within, now.

Nations consist of individuals. It is for every individual to bring in a different quality - the quality of awakened consciousness - into their lives.

And so I came to understand why some masters sometimes say, "You are already enlightened."

For many people, the first indication of a spiritual awakening is that they suddenly become aware of their thoughts. They become a witness to their thoughts, so to speak. They are not completely identified with their mind anymore and so they begin to sense that there is a depth to them that they had never known before.

Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.

When your attention moves into the Now, there is an alertness. It is as if you were waking up from a dream, the dream of thought, the dream of past and future. Such clarity, such simplicity. No room for problem-making. Just this moment as it is.